Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

They talked to me during the days of the global financial crisis, when it was unbelievably pressing as to whether or not we would be able to save Australian jobs and to hold manufacturing in this country, particularly the manufacturing of cars. We could see what was happening around the world and we could see particularly what has happening in the United States, and both the members for Corio and Corangamite made representations to government about working with Ford and working with the car industry to protect Australian jobs. The Leader of the Opposition slept through all of the divisions on the enabling legislation to protect those jobs, so he did not care about it then. He was asleep—literally asleep—whilst we were protecting those Australian jobs.

The members for Corio and Corangamite have talked to me in the past about Work Choices.

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